Phạm

Family name
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Phạm is one of the most common Vietnamese family name (范) being the fourth most common, which may be rendered as Fan in Chinese for instance or Beom/Pom/Pem (범) in Korean.

It is not to be confused with Phan (潘), another Vietnamese surname.

Origin

Phạm is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chữ Hán: 范.

Frequency

Phạm is a very prevalent last name in Vietnam. Among the global ethnic Vietnamese population, it is the fourth-most common name, accounting for 5% of the approximately 75 million people. It is also quite common in the United States, shared by around 82,000 citizens.[1] It is the 951st most common surname in France[2] and the 455th most common in Australia.[3][4]

Phạm (范) family Vietnamese Five Colours Flag

People

Notable people with the surname Phạm include:

Science
  • Phạm Tuân, first Vietnamese cosmonaut
  • Frédéric Pham, Vietnamese-French mathematician
  • Kathy Pham, Vietnamese American computer scientist
Politics and military
Arts and entertainment
Sports
Religious figures
Fictional characters
Other

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pham Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  2. ^ French surnames
  3. ^ PBS, POV: The Sweetest Sound: Popularity Index
  4. ^ "Most Common Australian Surnames & Meanings". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-01-04.

External links

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024735/http://static.namesdatabase.com/names2/P/H/Pham.html